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C. C. CLAWSON.

MACHINE EUR SHAVING 10E.

No. 887,861. Patented Aug. l14, 1888.

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lUaiiTi STATES 'ATnNT @TriceO CL MENT COLERIDGE OLA'ISON, OF NEVARK, NETJERSEY, ASSIGNOE, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO THE UNITED STATEShlOHINE AND INVINTIONS COMPANY, OF NEW YORK CITY.

SHAVENG ICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent 190.387.861, dated Augustle, 1888.

Application (iled October Q3, IESS.

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Be it known that l. CLEMENT COLERIDGE (lLAwsoN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machinesfor Shaving Ice, of which the following specification is a full, clear,and exact description.

This invention relates to that kind of iceshaving machines which have arotary disk armed with knives, against which the block or blocks of iceto be reduced is or are pressed.

In the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specilication,Figure I is a vertical longitudinal section of an ice-shaving machineconstructed in accordance with the invention; Fig. II, a orosssection online Il of Fig. I, looking in the direction of the arrow; and Fig. III,a face'view of the knife-disk.

The holder A, in the form of a curved section of pipe, the chamber B,arranged at the end ol' the holder below and transversely to the axisofthe saine, and the foot C under the holder A are cast together in twolongitudinal halves or castings, which are fastened together by cars land screws 2.

On the holder A are the two guide-plates D, between which the lever E ispivoted. This lever has an enlargement at the inner end, of the sainesize as the plates D, and it is provided with the stops 3 and 4, whichlimit its motion, thc former by contact with the rim of the holder A,the latter by contact with the nprights 5, which carry said plates. Oneof the plates D and its upright 5 are cast on each half of theice-liolder A.

The follower Fis attached to the lever E through the curved arm G, boththe follower and curved arm being cast in one piece with lo said lever.On the face of the follower F is a rib, 6, which aids in preventing theice from being carried round in the holder A.

The knife-disk H is mounted on the inner end of the horizontal shaft I,which is turned by the c1anl;wheel 7 and rotates in bearings S, cast outhe top of the chamber' B. The disk has a hub, 9, and is slotted andgrooved dianietrically from circumference to circumference, the hubbeing cut away adjacent to the slot, as shown at 11.0. The knives K areset in Serial No. 217,026. (No model.)

said slot, their edges being turned in opposite directions and thelength of each being` equal to the full radius of the disk. They areheld in place by screws 1l, passing through slots in the knives andtapped into the metal. ofthe disk H. The chamber B is open at one endfor the introduction of the receiver L. This receiver, like a scoop, hasno rim at the end opposite the handle; but this is simply to enable theshaved ice' to be emptied ont more 6o readily. Then inserted, its frontplate closes the opening in the end of the chamber B, and the reservoirrests upon the rim 12 at the front of the chamber and the inclined rib13 at the back of the same, so that it is clear of the bottom of thechamber. The rib is made inclined in order that it may not arrest thereceiver if in inserting the same the rear edge should strike said rib.At the front of the chamber B is the drainageoutlet I4, with 7o which inuse a tube would ordinarily be connected.

In operation the holder A is filled to the desired extent with ice inone or more blocks orlnmps, thelever E being turned back as far as thestop L will permit. The lever is then turned over, the plates D keepingit in the same plane until the follower F presses upon the ice. Thewheel 7 is turned by the user with one hand, while with the otherapplied 8o to the lever E he forces the lump or block ice in the holderagainst the disk H. The knives K continually remove the ice in shavings,which pass through the slots in the disk H and fall into the receiver L.Then this has received a sufficient supply of shaved ice, it is removedand emptied. Any water which may be formed by the melting of ice in theholder A ows down the adjacent wall of the charnber B and under thereceiver L and escapes 9o by the drainageoutlet lei.

It is evident that modifications can be made in details withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention and that parts of theinvention can be used separately.

I claim as my invention or discovery- 1. The stationary frame or body ofthe niachine, composed of, rst, the tubular curved ice-holder; second,the chamber fixed to and forming a continuation of the said ice-holder10o and arranged beyond the lower end thereof transversely thereto, inpart above and in part below the lower edge ofthe said iceholder,and,third, the foot fixed to the said ice-holder and arranged under the sameat the side of thclower part of the said chamber, in combination withthe removable shaved-ice receiver in the lower part of the said chamber,the vertical knifedisk between the said chamber and the said ice-holder,the follower in the said iceholder, and the specified means for movingthe said knife-disk and the said follower,substantially as described.

2. In an ice shaving machine, and in combination with the stationaryice-holder, the rotary knifedisk, and the movable follower, thestationary chamber arranged partly below and partly above the lower edgeof the said iccholder beyond itslower end and ixedto the saidice-holder, and the removable shaved-ice receiver set hoiizontally insaid chamber, the chamberbeing provided with an opening in one of itsupright walls for theinsertion of the sai d receiver, with supports forupholding the same above the bottom of the said chamber, and with adrainageontlet, and the said receiver being provided with a front platewhich closes the said opening when the receiver is inserted in saidchamber, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with the ice-holder, thc

follower, and the knife-disk, of the chamber provided with an opening inone of its upright walls and arranged at the lower end of the ice-holderon the opposite side of the knifedisk from the said follower, and thescoopshaped receiver in said chamber, this chamber being provided withsupports for the curved bottoni of said receiver, which is nearly ofequal width with said chamber, so as to be kept upright by the sides ofthe same, and

whose front plate closes the said opening in the upright wallthereof,substantially as described. 4. The combination, with the rotarydisk armed with knives, of the ice-holder in the form of a section ofcurved pipe, the follower, the lever, and the curved arm between thefollower and the lever,substantially as described.

5. The combination, in an ice-shaving machine, with the cuttingmechanism, of a curved conduit adapted to receive the ice and direct thesame tothe cutters, which stand in a plane substantially at right anglesto the mouth of the said conduit, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo witnesses.

CLEMENT COLERIDGE CLAWSON.

Witnesses:

Geo. W. WILKINs, E. A. MEAD.

